The International Center for Migration Policy Devel­opment (ICMPD), founded as an independent inter­governmental organ­ization of Austria and Switzerland in 1993, conducts research and advises on a multi­lateral level in the field of migration and asylum. Despite the fact that the subject matter is uptodate, the work of the ICMPD has so far received just little public attention so they decided to publish an annual report for the first time in 2016, which is also intended to address non-experts.